Did You Know? 5 Facts on Gears of War

Jayce Diaz writes, "During the development of a game, there are numerous ideas and concepts that either get left on the cutting room floor, or go unnoticed by the general public. Just as interesting as these are the stories and rumors that surround a game after its release, ranging from developer inside info, to random tabloid mentionings. In this series, we pick five random, little-known facts about a game franchise and present them to you for your brain's consumption."

Nope, #4 is actually true. They show the actual back & forth with Microsoft and Epic about inclusion of the chainsaw in the final game. All of it is there on the bonus disc for GOW1 Collector's Edition. Including Cliff's first time meating with Bill Gates, taking a picture, and the priceless expression on Cliff's face when Bill imposed a November '06 release date for Gears(about an 8 month window at the time).